The Murder of Naji al-Ali

Witness History

BBC

History, Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2017

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

The acclaimed Palestinian cartoonist was gunned down in London in 1987. His attackers have never been identified. Naji al-Ali's cartoons were famous across the Middle East. Through his images he criticised Israeli and US policy in the region, but unlike many, he also lambasted Arab despotic regimes and the leadership of the PLO. His signature character was called Handala - a poor Palestinian refugee child with spiky hair, who would always appear, facing away with his hands clasped behind his back, watching the events depicted in the cartoon. Alex Last has been speaking to his son, Khalid, about his father's life and death. Photo: A cartoon by Naji al-Ali published with the permission of Naji Al-Ali family. Copyrights reserved.

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1:09.3	BBC World Service with me Alex Last and today we go back to the summer of 1987 when the
1:16.8	legendary Palestinian cartoonist Naji El Ali was gunned down on the streets of London.
1:24.0	A Palestinian has been shot and seriously injured in the west end of London.
1:34.4	Scotland Yard say their anti-terrorist squad are investigating.
1:38.0	The man who's believed to be Palestinian was shot at point blank range.
1:42.0	My father knew that the... was shot at point-blank range. I...
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